Rumors
were circling earlier today that Samsung’s BD-P1000 Blu-ray was joining
the list of recent Blu-ray delay announcements. We are happy to report
that Samsung has confirmed that the player’s June 25th release date is
still on schedule in the US.

With
HD DVD making more and more advances can Blu-ray technology survive
another delay in the launch of it’s hardware? Sony has announced the
delay of its BDP-S1 Blu-ray player, marking another setback in the
eagerly awaited Blu-ray launch.
The on sale date for
Sony’s Blu-ray player, as stated on sonystyle.com is “on or around
August 15th, 2006”. The previous release date was set for sometime in
July. The July release was already a delay from the June 30th date.

Samsung Technologies announced late Monday that they will be delaying the US release of their BD-P1000
Blu-Ray player. Originally scheduled for a May 23rd release, it has now
been pushed back to June 25th. The reason behind the delay is to allow
time for a complete product testing. New test discs are being released
in late April and the delay in the player’s launch will give the
company time to work out any last minute kinks in the system.

Sony
has just announced today that they are going to push back the release
of their next-generation gaming machine, the highly anticipated PS3.
Originally slated for a spring of 2006 release, the PS3 has been
delayed to at least early November with Sony’s president of the gaming
division Ken Kutaragi citing reasons such as the copy protection
schematic not being finalized yet. He also said that the company was
waiting for the standardization of the digital audio and video
technologies that are going to be used with the PS3.

CNN.com
reported that Sony’s much-anticipated Playstation 3 gaming system could
miss its slated spring 2006 debut, reportedly due to concerns about
specifications related to the Blu-ray drive that powers it. Blu-ray
discs are Sony’s foray into the world of HD capable discs and enjoy a
healthy support group that includes Sony Pictures, Disney, Fox, Intel,
Panasonic, Samsung and many others around the consumer electronics
world.